Machine for assembling leaves.



No. 846,716. I 4 PATENTED MAR. 12, 1907. P. ASHELM.

MAGHINE FOR ASSEMBLING LEAVES.

APPLIOATION FILED JULY 19, 1906.

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PATENTED MAR. l2, 1907.

No. $46,716. I

` E. ASEELM.

MACHINE EOE ASSEMBLING LEAVES.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 19, 1906.

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PAUL-ASEELM, oir-BERLIN, GERMANY.'

, MACHlNi-z Fon Assi-:Mauna LEAVES.

Specification of Letters Patent. y

Patented March A12, 1907.

`Amilication filed Tilly 19, 1906.' Serial No..326,874.

To all whom it may concern:

i Be it known that I,-PAUL AsHELM, a citizen of the German Empire, residing 'at 21 Willdenowstrasse, Berlin, Germany, have in; vented a certain new and useful Im roved Machine for Assembling Leaves, of which the following is a s eciiication, such as will enable others skil ed in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention described-herein relates to an arrangement'for assembling the leaves of calendars, blocks for tickets, and the like Blinted on'a band of paper into a continuous e of blocks from which the sets of leaves can be taken oif ready for stitching them together. ,i

Compared with `the hitherto-known arrangements for the production of calendars,

l note-books, and the -like blocks my invenzol tion has the advantages of far greater precision in working and greater simplicity, as the employment of catching devices, pins and the like, which are necessary in the methods noW in use, isentirely. avoided in my invention. Thisfadvantage is effected in v the first instance by .em loying the principle of turning prongs or n ers often used in printing-machines for guiding the paper or for conducting the sheets' of paper to the folding devices. In mylinventiona larger number of-such turning-prongs sha ed as bent iingers is-employed to assemble t e lon# gitudinal strips cut from the printed band of aper in the width required for the blockeavesand convey them to the continuous line of blocks. From the front end of `this unseparated line of blocks single parts are separated by means oftransverse cuttingknives, each at the distance' of the4 required length, of the block-leaf, and the separate blocks are ilediup 'over or adjacent to each other injor erto form a row of blocks, which means of a small roller with pockets simi ar to those used for collecting and distributing sheets in the printing trade.

I will now. ldescribe my invention with reference to the accompanying drawings, in Which'- i Figurev 1L shows a front view of the device arranged'before the last printing-cylinder of Fig. 2 shows Ithe band of.

a rotary machine. paper cut in longitudinal strips. Fig. 3 shows a side view of the arrangement.

The endless band of paper b comin from the printing-cylinder al runs first of al over the conducting-rollers c d, lon which it is cut f inv thewell-known manner into small longitudinal strips g by means of disk knives f, arranged cn-the axle'cin distances corresponding to the required Width of the block-leaves. Turning-prongs h are provided at an angle to the direction 1n which the strips g move and in a sloping direction to the band of paper,

the number of strips. These turning-prongs the number of which prongs corresponds to h can be adjusted in a slot in the plate-z' for j different widths of block-leaves by means of screws and nuts provided on them. By means of these sloping turning-prongs h the paper strips g, whichv run on the side of each other until they arrive at the said prongs, are piled up over each other by the latter vand are then conducted between delivering-'rollersi'lc` Z. Figs. 1 and 2 of the accompanying drawings show clearly the manner in which the strips g are conducted through the turning]- prongs. The line of the block-band is shown in Fig. 1 with its thickness exaggerated in comparison with the other parts of the arrangement for the sake of distinctness and clearness. The strips g are conducted through the turning-prongs h in such a manner that, as shown in Fig. 2, the second strip from the left-hand side lies under the first one, the third under the second,`and so on, so that the last strip on the right-hand end runs under the others through the first prong, Which strips are' continually forwarded through the action of the delivering-rollers k and Z. The delivering-rollers `conduct 'the block-band to the tr nsverse cutting-cylinders m fn, which are provided with knives and grooves and which cut the band into single blocks.v The two c linders'm and ncan, naturally, be replaced y any other suitable cutting device. then the separated blocks round the cylinder 'n until they fall into the different pockets of the rotating ocket-.roller p. As soon as the blocks in t e rotating pocketroller come into a certain sloping position they slide out of the ockets and fall on a The guide-band oconducts IOO transporting-band t e s eed of which is adjusted to that o the ro ler p in such a manner that the blocks are put into, successive rowsm like the tiles of a roof, as shown in Fig. 1. Thus "a continuous linel of single .blocks yis formed, the different blocks of pocket-roller can be removed and. other rollers With a different number of pockets can be employed. If the device is to be used to assemble the printed leaves of calendars in the right order, the types of the monthly dates are arran ed on the cylindrical form in such a way t at the days of the months a pear in sloping rows on the Web of paper. uppose the band of paper is cut into sixteen longitudinal strips. The leaves belonging to the time from the 1st to th 16th of January are piled up in the right order in the first part as separated from the block-band in conse uen'ce of the sloping position of the row o the sixteen dates, the second part separated from the block contains the leaves from the 17th of January to the 2d of February, the third'part contains the leaves from the 3d to the 19th of February, andl so on. Thus the different block parts are piled up with a continuous succession of the dates, as already described.- The sloping position of the date-rows on the bandof paper becomes necessary on account ofthe different distances of the strips which extend between the turningprongs and the transverse cutting-rollers, and these distances increase according to the number A of strips from the left-hand side of the drawings to the righthand side. cessionof the leaves in the block-band can also be effected by larranging the types in straight rows and the turning-prongs in a sloping ascending line.

My invention has besides the advantages mentioned above the further advantage that it can be produced as a device for itself and can be brought in connection with any rotating printing-machine without difficulty.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. An improved machine for assembling the single leaves of ticket and note blocks for calendars, printed on a band of paper, consisting of longitudinal and transverse cuttingknives, a pocket-roller, pivotally-mounted adjustable prongs so arranged that the longitudinal strips cut from the band of paper in the'required width of the block-leaves, are conducted through the turning rongs in order to form a block-band, from W ich parts in the required length of the block-leaves are cut off, and are piled up by the pocket-roller The right sucover or adjacent to each other, so that the single blocks lcan be lifted off, read for stitching them to ether, substantialy as herein described an set forth.

2. In a machine of the character described, means for feeding a band of pa er, conducting-rollers, means-forv cutting t e paper into 6o longitudinal strips, turning-prongs arranged at an angle to the direction in which said strips move and in an inclined direction to said band, said prongs being each independently pivotally mounted and adjustable to and from each other and serving to pile the strips one upon the other, delivery-rolls through which said piled strips pass, cuttingrollers, and a rotatable pocket-wheel for receiving the cut strips. 7o

at a'n angle' to the direction in which said 75 strips move and in an inclineddirection to said band, said prongs being each independently pivotally mounted and adjustable to and from each other and serving to pile the strips onev4 vuponl the other, delivery-rolls 8o throughv which said piled stripspass, cutting-A rollers, a rotatable pocket-wheel for receiving the cut strips, and means for adjusting said prongs.

4. In a machine of the character described,

means for feeding a band of paper, conducting-rollers, means for cutting the paper into longitudinal strips, turning-prongs arranged at an angle to the direction in which said' stri s move and in aninclined direction sai band, said prongs servingto pilel the strips one upon the other, 4delivery-rollsx through which said piled'strips ass, cuttin'gff rollers, a rotatable pocket-whee for receivin the cut strips, anda guide-band mounte upon rollers beyond the cutting-rollers with a portion curved parallel with the periphery of one of said rollers above the pocket-Wheel for engaging the strips after they are cut by the cutters. 1 :o

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

PAUL. ASHELM.

In presence of- WOLDEMAR HAUPT, HENRY HASPER. 

